Natural History, June 1st, 2007
In the days before the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival (Têt Trung Thu), the market along Hanoi's Hang Ma Street is resplendent with brightly colored toys, masks, and paper and plastic lanterns. Struggling to keep my balance in the press of the crowd, I look down and see a small red unicorn staring up at me. The dark brown eyes of a child, about five or six years old, peer out through the open mouth of his mask, and we share a shy smile. For now, he is an Asian unicorn with a fur beard and a curved horn on the top of his head. Similar masks, made of recycled paper and paint, are piled on the st...
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